nutricula
From LSJ
Θεῷ μάχεσθαι δεινόν ἐστι καὶ τύχῃ → Obsistere est difficile fortunae et deo → Mit Gott zu kämpfen ist gefährlich und dem Glück
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
nūtrīcŭla: ae, f.
dim. id.,
I a nurse.
I Lit.: quid voveat dulci nutricula majus alumno? Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 8; Suet. Aug. 94: fabulae nutricularum, Quint. 1, 9, 2.—
II Transf., she who nourishes, maintains, preserves a thing: nutriculae praediorum, Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 12: Gellius nutricula seditiosorum, id. Vatin. 2, 4: nutricula causidicorum Africa, Juv. 7, 148: casa nutricula, in which one was brought up, Quint. Decl. 13, 4.
